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Amano and Ghost Shrimp
Just wondering if they get along?
I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
The ghosts are quite predatory.
Aqua wrote in message ... Just wondering if they get along? I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
The ghosts are quite predatory.
Aqua wrote in message ... Just wondering if they get along? I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
Just wondering if they get along?
I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. They get along okay. If you hope to breed them, it might be better to keep them separate, but if you don't care about that, they'll probably be all right. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
Just wondering if they get along?
I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. They get along okay. If you hope to breed them, it might be better to keep them separate, but if you don't care about that, they'll probably be all right. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
you can try it out though, around here ghost shrimp go for $.20 each so $2
isn't really that big of an investment... that said I can't really imagine a ghost shrimp being predatory except for perhaps the smallest of fry possible... also, has anyone had success breeding ghost shrimp? I've gotten into a bad habbit of spending $6/week on ghost shrimp as a treat for my tank and I would much rather buy a small tank and breed them, if this is at all possible...I read that the babies are in a different stage and so very small that you can't really get food for them? Let me know if anyone has any experience breeding ghost shrimp, as I would love to set up a hatchery under my fish tank....would save me a lot of money in the long run... "kush" wrote in message ... The ghosts are quite predatory. Aqua wrote in message ... Just wondering if they get along? I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
you can try it out though, around here ghost shrimp go for $.20 each so $2
isn't really that big of an investment... that said I can't really imagine a ghost shrimp being predatory except for perhaps the smallest of fry possible... also, has anyone had success breeding ghost shrimp? I've gotten into a bad habbit of spending $6/week on ghost shrimp as a treat for my tank and I would much rather buy a small tank and breed them, if this is at all possible...I read that the babies are in a different stage and so very small that you can't really get food for them? Let me know if anyone has any experience breeding ghost shrimp, as I would love to set up a hatchery under my fish tank....would save me a lot of money in the long run... "kush" wrote in message ... The ghosts are quite predatory. Aqua wrote in message ... Just wondering if they get along? I have 4 Amano in my heavily planted 55gal and I thought of adding 10 more Ghost. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
They get along okay. If you hope to breed them, it might be better to
keep them separate, but if you don't care about that, they'll probably be all right. They have sometimes interesting interactions. I find it fascinating when animals that in real life would never possibly encounter eachother are shoved together in our tanks. -Cesium --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/2003 |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
They get along okay. If you hope to breed them, it might be better to
keep them separate, but if you don't care about that, they'll probably be all right. They have sometimes interesting interactions. I find it fascinating when animals that in real life would never possibly encounter eachother are shoved together in our tanks. -Cesium --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/2003 |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
you can try it out though, around here ghost shrimp go for $.20 each so $2
isn't really that big of an investment... Heck, buy five or six and wait awhlie. You'll soon have more than you know what to do with. that said I can't really imagine a ghost shrimp being predatory except for perhaps the smallest of fry possible... They can kill livebearer fry. A fish as large as a neon tetra will probably be safe...if it's healthy. And be careful, sometimes macrobrachium shrimp get mixed in with ghost shrimp. They look similar, but have bigger claws, and are much more predatory. also, has anyone had success breeding ghost shrimp? Try to keep them from breeding. They're worse than guppies. I bought five a couple of years ago, and in a few months, I could've opened my own bait shop. There are only a couple of "tricks." One is that both brackish and freshwater shrimp are sold as ghost shrimp. For breeding, you want the freshwater kind. Freshwater ghost shrimp carry their babies until they are miniature copies of their parents, so you don't have to deal with weird larval stages or anything. Unfortunately, it's not easy to tell freshwater from brackish ghost shrimp, so you may be stuck with trial and error. (I have heard that if you see females with eggs, they are likely freshwater, but I don't know how true that is.) The second trick is iodine. Ghost shrimp tend to turn white and die after a few weeks unless you put a little iodine in the water. Get the kind sold as a supplement for marine tanks, and put in one drop with each water change. Other than that, raising ghosties couldn't be easier. Put some java moss in the tank, maybe, for the babies to hide in. And leave the detritus in the tank; don't vaccum it out. Feed them ordinary flake fish food, and you'll soon be up to your neck in shrimp. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
you can try it out though, around here ghost shrimp go for $.20 each so $2
isn't really that big of an investment... Heck, buy five or six and wait awhlie. You'll soon have more than you know what to do with. that said I can't really imagine a ghost shrimp being predatory except for perhaps the smallest of fry possible... They can kill livebearer fry. A fish as large as a neon tetra will probably be safe...if it's healthy. And be careful, sometimes macrobrachium shrimp get mixed in with ghost shrimp. They look similar, but have bigger claws, and are much more predatory. also, has anyone had success breeding ghost shrimp? Try to keep them from breeding. They're worse than guppies. I bought five a couple of years ago, and in a few months, I could've opened my own bait shop. There are only a couple of "tricks." One is that both brackish and freshwater shrimp are sold as ghost shrimp. For breeding, you want the freshwater kind. Freshwater ghost shrimp carry their babies until they are miniature copies of their parents, so you don't have to deal with weird larval stages or anything. Unfortunately, it's not easy to tell freshwater from brackish ghost shrimp, so you may be stuck with trial and error. (I have heard that if you see females with eggs, they are likely freshwater, but I don't know how true that is.) The second trick is iodine. Ghost shrimp tend to turn white and die after a few weeks unless you put a little iodine in the water. Get the kind sold as a supplement for marine tanks, and put in one drop with each water change. Other than that, raising ghosties couldn't be easier. Put some java moss in the tank, maybe, for the babies to hide in. And leave the detritus in the tank; don't vaccum it out. Feed them ordinary flake fish food, and you'll soon be up to your neck in shrimp. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
I have three Ghost shrimp and two amano shrimp in a 6 gallon tank and they
ignore each other for the most part. The shost shrimp seem to give the amano a very wide berth. --donovan |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
I have three Ghost shrimp and two amano shrimp in a 6 gallon tank and they
ignore each other for the most part. The shost shrimp seem to give the amano a very wide berth. --donovan |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
I bought 100 feeders to put in my 125 gallon. Im guessing around somewhere
between 25 and 50 survived the drive home / shock of the new tank.. The other day I seen a large female with many eggs, oh lord I didnt know fry were possible. I could have a problem if thats the case haha. Its so heavily planted I sometimes done see certain fish for days...... so Im guessing their fry could survive in it. Where do you get the Iodine? I should probably do that. Thanks! Dustin "LeighMo" wrote in message ... you can try it out though, around here ghost shrimp go for $.20 each so $2 isn't really that big of an investment... Heck, buy five or six and wait awhlie. You'll soon have more than you know what to do with. that said I can't really imagine a ghost shrimp being predatory except for perhaps the smallest of fry possible... They can kill livebearer fry. A fish as large as a neon tetra will probably be safe...if it's healthy. And be careful, sometimes macrobrachium shrimp get mixed in with ghost shrimp. They look similar, but have bigger claws, and are much more predatory. also, has anyone had success breeding ghost shrimp? Try to keep them from breeding. They're worse than guppies. I bought five a couple of years ago, and in a few months, I could've opened my own bait shop. There are only a couple of "tricks." One is that both brackish and freshwater shrimp are sold as ghost shrimp. For breeding, you want the freshwater kind. Freshwater ghost shrimp carry their babies until they are miniature copies of their parents, so you don't have to deal with weird larval stages or anything. Unfortunately, it's not easy to tell freshwater from brackish ghost shrimp, so you may be stuck with trial and error. (I have heard that if you see females with eggs, they are likely freshwater, but I don't know how true that is.) The second trick is iodine. Ghost shrimp tend to turn white and die after a few weeks unless you put a little iodine in the water. Get the kind sold as a supplement for marine tanks, and put in one drop with each water change. Other than that, raising ghosties couldn't be easier. Put some java moss in the tank, maybe, for the babies to hide in. And leave the detritus in the tank; don't vaccum it out. Feed them ordinary flake fish food, and you'll soon be up to your neck in shrimp. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Amano and Ghost Shrimp
I bought 100 feeders to put in my 125 gallon. Im guessing around somewhere
between 25 and 50 survived the drive home / shock of the new tank.. The other day I seen a large female with many eggs, oh lord I didnt know fry were possible. I could have a problem if thats the case haha. Its so heavily planted I sometimes done see certain fish for days...... so Im guessing their fry could survive in it. Where do you get the Iodine? I should probably do that. Thanks! Dustin "LeighMo" wrote in message ... you can try it out though, around here ghost shrimp go for $.20 each so $2 isn't really that big of an investment... Heck, buy five or six and wait awhlie. You'll soon have more than you know what to do with. that said I can't really imagine a ghost shrimp being predatory except for perhaps the smallest of fry possible... They can kill livebearer fry. A fish as large as a neon tetra will probably be safe...if it's healthy. And be careful, sometimes macrobrachium shrimp get mixed in with ghost shrimp. They look similar, but have bigger claws, and are much more predatory. also, has anyone had success breeding ghost shrimp? Try to keep them from breeding. They're worse than guppies. I bought five a couple of years ago, and in a few months, I could've opened my own bait shop. There are only a couple of "tricks." One is that both brackish and freshwater shrimp are sold as ghost shrimp. For breeding, you want the freshwater kind. Freshwater ghost shrimp carry their babies until they are miniature copies of their parents, so you don't have to deal with weird larval stages or anything. Unfortunately, it's not easy to tell freshwater from brackish ghost shrimp, so you may be stuck with trial and error. (I have heard that if you see females with eggs, they are likely freshwater, but I don't know how true that is.) The second trick is iodine. Ghost shrimp tend to turn white and die after a few weeks unless you put a little iodine in the water. Get the kind sold as a supplement for marine tanks, and put in one drop with each water change. Other than that, raising ghosties couldn't be easier. Put some java moss in the tank, maybe, for the babies to hide in. And leave the detritus in the tank; don't vaccum it out. Feed them ordinary flake fish food, and you'll soon be up to your neck in shrimp. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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